Archive(s) for December, 2010

Rewards and Recognition

Monday, December 20th, 2010

Rewards and Recognition
The business rewards of employee incentive programs
By David Eason
The world of incentives is changing. In today’s work environment, it’s all about flexibility, choice and rewarding performance in a more personalized way.
Traditional company-selected merchandise and points-based catalogue programs[...]

Posted in Talent Management, Web Extras |

Expat Assignment Effectiveness

Friday, December 17th, 2010

Expat Assignment Effectiveness

Increase the success of your workers abroad by providing spouses employment networking assistance
By Nina D. Cole
Global HR managers know that when an employee is sent abroad on an expatriate assignment, spouses are critical to success. Problems with expatriate assignments are most often related to[...]

Posted in Engagement, Global Strategies, Web Extras |

High Performers Purge the Unproductive

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

Sometimes patience is not a virtue, and high-market performing firms know it. They get their employees ready quickly, they avoid employee stagnation and they weed out those who don’t come up the productivity curve.

A new study by the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) on time to optimal productivity shows that over half (55[...]

Posted in Metrics, Talent Management, Web Extras |